Energy Transition in Rural Areas
Energy independence and sovereignty are important to achieve energy security. It is an important aspect that must be considered by Indonesia as a reason to carry out an energy transition in addition to climate change.
Siwi Nugraheni
Last January, Parahyangan University, Bandung, West Java, held a seminar on Indonesia's readiness to implement an energy transition. All the speakers at the seminar agreed that for the sake of climate change, the use of fossil fuels must be abandoned and changed to renewable energy sources. Various efforts and policies are directed at encouraging this transition. Bank Indonesia (BI) with a green-financing program design, for example, will provide incentives for debtors who support the use of renewable energy.
In Indonesia, energy is generally needed for three purposes, namely electricity, mobility of transportation modes and cooking. This grouping is not rigid because cooking and transportation activities can use electrical energy.